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Live Violence Free

Empowering Choices, Inspiring Change

South Lake Tahoe, CA   |  www.liveviolencefree.org

Mission

Live Violence Free is committed to promoting a violence-free community through education and advocacy to address domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and basic needs.

Ruling year info

1978

Executive Director

Chelcee Thomas

Co Principal Officer

Colin James Croughan

Main address

2941 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 USA

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Formerly known as

WOMENSPACE UNLIMITED SOUTH LAKE TAHOE WOMENS CENTER

EIN

94-2598256

NTEE code info

Family Violence Shelters and Services (P43)

Rape Victim Services (F42)

Protection Against and Prevention of Neglect, Abuse, Exploitation (I70)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Since it’s inception in 1978, Live Violence Free has set out to tackle one key challenge in our community: to deepen domestic violence and sexual assault victims' understanding of and trust in Live Violence Free, while empowering victims as well as the community to become educated about LVF and encouraged to reach out for the help and mental health services that they need.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Programs

Live Violence Free provides support for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, and Basic Needs including:
1. 24-hour crisis line
2. Peer counseling
3. Advocacy and accompaniment
4. Legal assistance
5. Emergency and transitional housing
6. Emergency food, clothing and transportation
7. Emergency response to medical and law enforcement agencies
8. Individual and group therapy
9. Supervised visits and monitored custody exchanges
10. Weekly food and clothing distribution
11. Community outreach
12. Prevention education

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Women and girls
Men and boys
LGBTQ people
Families

Confidential Safe House:
The safe house is a great introduction to a life free from violence for individuals or families in crisis or transition. Our safe house is an ordinary house with four bedrooms, two kitchens, two bathrooms, two living/dining rooms, and a fully fenced yard with a play area for kids. The home is fully furnished and stocked with food. The safe house's address is kept confidential to maintain the anonymity and safety of participants.

Housing First Program:
Our Housing First program allows survivors of domestic violence regain independence and make a safe home for themselves and their families. We provide contacts and advocacy to local rental agencies, property managers, and income based housing options. Our housing program provides safe housing and takes care of the survivor’s expenses allowing the housing advocates and survivor to focus on learning new skills and building long-term stability. Our housing advocates work to teach life skills like budgeting, redu

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Families
LGBTQ people
Men and boys
Women and girls

Live Violence Free operates a Housing First program for survivors of domestic violence and their children. The program prioritizes the need for stable housing through housing supports first and then provides the survivor with all other essential services needed to heal from the trauma of their victimization.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Where we work

Awards

Purple Ribbon Award for Outstanding Domestic Violence Podcast 2022

DomesticShelters.org

Affiliations & memberships

Purple Ribbon Award for Outstanding Domestic Violence Podcast by DomesticShelters.org 2022

Videos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of meals served or provided

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Number of therapy hours provided to clients

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of crisis hotline calls answered

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Programs

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Number of low-income families housed in affordable, well-maintained units as a result of the nonprofit's efforts

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Housing First Program

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Hours of volunteer service

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Programs

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Live Violence Free believes in a survivor-driven model of empowerment - that means you are the expert in your own life. We respect the decisions you make, for you and your family’s well being. Our role is to help you achieve your hopes and goals for a future free of violence.

At Live Violence Free, our challenge is two-fold: Combatting the hyperlocal factors that predispose our local community to domestic violence and abuse, but also pioneering education around DV/SA due to societal lack of knowledge, and debunking the taboos, stigmas, and misconceptions that accompany that.

By reducing significant barriers of entry, especially to at-risk individuals, Phase 1 of our #OneConversation awareness campaign has already greatly expanded community understanding and trust in the agency. Through providing impactful on-site tools for community members who want to help victims but are unsure of how or might be afraid of getting involved, we, with the support of our proud community advocates and champions, are helping victims to identify safe places of sanctuary in the community where people are appropriately educated by our staff and have the resources to provide tactful aid.

Since our launch into partnering with local businesses, LVF has placed #OneConversation collateral in businesses around SLT, including coffee shops, hotels, and breweries such as Cuppa Tahoe, Revive Coffee, Beach Retreat, and South Lake Brewing Company. LVF has also partnered with community organizations like Boys & Girls Club and the El Dorado Public Library.

Our penultimate goal is to double down on amplifying awareness through the increased creation of sanctuaries for victims of abuse throughout the community, while also scaling our outreach presentation efforts to local business partners. These sanctuaries will be educated through our #OneConversation staff presentations and recognized as #OneConversation Champions. We have trained and recognize nearly 1000 #OneConversation Champions to date and counting.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Live Violence Free

Board of directors
as of 04/12/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Mrs. Sandra Santane

Cuppa Tahoe

Term: 2023 -


Board co-chair

Jessica Albee

Live Violence Free

Term: 2021 -

Cristi Creegan

Attorney

Rebecca Bergner-Baer

Women's Health Advocate

Sherri Acri

Crisis Line Volunteer

Ross Molesworth

South Lake Tahoe Police Department

Mandi Weavil

Physician

Adrian Escobedo

Forest Service

Tracy Protell

Psychiatrist

Sara Anderson

Harrah's and Harvey's Hotel & Casino

Nichole Buell Gordon

Dentist

Matthew Wong

Psychologist

Jodi Patton

Healthcare Leader and Strategist

April Vadnais

Owner, Elements Day Spa

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 4/6/2023
info Candid has made improvements to the race and ethnicity options.

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or other sexual orientations in the LGBTQIA+ community
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 04/06/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.